Curtis Mayfield

"Soul Train." the televised house that Don Cornelius built on a bedrock of soul, funk and ahead-of-their time dance moves, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Monday in concert at Pritzer Pavilion in Millennium Park.

Chicago soul greats Jerry Butler, the Impressions, the Emotions and Gene Chandler will perform with an orchestra, and Cornelius himself is expected to attend.

Below is an essay I wrote last year upon the release of the “Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America” documentary:

“I was one of the guys who could throw down,” Don Cornelius says in a new documentary about his era-defining run as host of the nation’s funkiest televised dance party, “Soul...

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"Soul Train." the televised house that Don Cornelius built on a bedrock of soul, funk and ahead-of-their time dance moves, will celebrate its 40th anniversary Monday in concert at Pritzer Pavilion in Millennium Park.Chicago soul greats Jerry Butler, the...